Bible verse
But I tell you that men will give an account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.
Matthew 12:36 · BSB
The verses around it, from Matthew 12.
32 Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven, either in this age or in the one to come.
33 Make a tree good and its fruit will be good, or make a tree bad and its fruit will be bad; for a tree is known by its fruit.
34 You brood of vipers, how can you who are evil say anything good? For out of the overflow of the heart, the mouth speaks.
35 The good man brings good things out of his good store of treasure, and the evil man brings evil things out of his evil store of treasure.
36 But I tell you that men will give an account on the day of judgment for every careless word they have spoken.
37 For by your words you will be acquitted, and by your words you will be condemned.”
38 Then some of the scribes and Pharisees said to Him, “Teacher, we want to see a sign from You.”
39 Jesus replied, “A wicked and adulterous generation demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of the prophet Jonah.
40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the great fish, so the Son of Man will be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
KJV
But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
ASV
And I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
ERV
And I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.
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